Lot #: 548
Price Realized: $265.50
($225 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 7 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Two Western PA Stoneware Jars, circa 1860-1875, a three-gallon ovoid jar, impressed "HAMILTON / & CO. / Greensboro / PA." attributed to William Leet Hamilton, Greensboro, PA, circa 1860; paired with a four-gallon jar with stenciled and freehand cobalt decoration, stenciled "JAMES HAMILTON & CO. / GREENSBORO. / PA.", circa 1875. Hamilton & Co. jar with glued crack around entire base, a crack from rim to midsection on stamped side, and a glazed-over gash to shoulder on opposite side. James Hamilton jar with spider crack in underside, extending diagonally up body of jar to stenciled design on front, as well as a 2 3/4" in-the-firing, glazed-over loss to base.
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